#79B5BE#79B5BE

#79B5BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.063 H 207.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B5BE
RGB	rgb(121, 181, 190)
HSL	hsl(188, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(188, 36%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.3%, 4.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, -17.04, -10.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 20.13, 212.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% -0.0559 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.063 207.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7001, 40.8283, 54.8101)
Luminance	0.4083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B5BE #BE8279

analogous

#79BEA4 #79B5BE #7992BE

triadic

#79B5BE #BE79B5 #B5BE79

tetradic

#79B5BE #A479BE #BE8279 #92BE79

square

#79B5BE #A479BE #BE8279 #92BE79

split-complementary

#79B5BE #BE7992 #BEA479

monochromatic

#3E767F #529DA8 #79B5BE #A2CCD2 #CBE3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#79B5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#79B5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B5BE

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B5BE	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5EBAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 181, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.063 207.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cbd1',
    500: '#79b5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b5be;
$custom-light: #a2cbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.826,
    "s": 34.673,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73533,
    "c": 0.06316,
    "h": 207.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B5BE

secondary

#D6C0BC

accent

#4738AE

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B5BE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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